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Police nab suspect in high-speed chase

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News Desk

Publishing date:

April 19, 2013 • 1 minute read

A 46-year-old Laval resident who led police on a vehicle chase early Friday eastbound along Highway 20 was taken into custody about 15 minutes after he was reported to have fled a convenience store without paying, the Sûreté du Québec said.

The man drove from Île Perrot — after leaving a dépanneur on Don Quichotte Blvd. — to Sources Blvd. in the West Island before his car was forced off the road by SQ patrol officers, Sgt. Claude Denis said.

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“The man tried to get away on foot but officers caught up with him,” Denis added.

“There were no injuries.”

A 911 call from the convenience store was received at 1:31 a.m.

“The whole event was over in about 15 minutes,” Denis said.

The man had one passenger, a 44-year-old woman from Montreal.

She has been detained after she was found to be in breach of court conditions.

The man is likely to be charged with theft, fleeing police and obstruction, Denis said.

Denis said he could not provide an estimated value of the goods for which the suspect didn’t pay. Nor could he say whether the man has a criminal record.